Arnold Schwarzenegger

I was born and raised in California. Right around the time that I left for NYC, my state did a very stupid thing and elected Arnold Schwarzenegger as Governor.

At the time I was a leglistative research assistant, and I would have to deal with passing through crowds of his supporters marching around the capitol. His fans were a mix of yuppies, stay-at-home moms, wastoids, and just plain college freaks with Terminator shirts on who seemed to think it was all some hilarious game.

The Governator himself is pretty funny — He recently decided to impart some words of wisdom during the National Association of Hispanic Journalists convention.

The Governor continued, “…I see at the Capitol in Sacramento, there are so many Latinos who speak Spanish all the time, they speak to each other in Spanish.”

Excerpt from California Democratic Party Blog:

¡No me digas, Gobernador! Perhaps those Spanish-speakers you overheard in the Capitol are still discussing your Spanish-language campaign ads, which aired on – GASP – Spanish-language television! Or possibly, you just happened to overhear your staffers who translate your Spanish-language government website.